Honolulu Zoo

Honolulu Zoo, 151 Kapahulu Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 
(808) 971-7171, (808) 926-3191

http://www.honoluluzoo.org

The fascinating history of this zoo is enough to create a burning desire in a potential visitor. I was told that it is the only zoo in the United States originating from a king’s grant of royal lands to his people. Starting out as a marshy parcel of fishponds, lagoons and islands where the king (Kalakaua) maintained his collection of exotic birds, the three-hundred acre park has grown in use and importance to become a zoo that draws about 600 000 visitors to itself annually. Last year I was caught in the web of that magnetic flux to experience a delight I would not trade for anything.